Fashion

Bunky Boutiquewill host local Phoenix designer PinkCheeky for a trunk show February 15th featuring environmentally friendly apparel for men and women along with the boutique’s sale.

PinkCheeky strives to create locally made clothing so that there’s no need to sweat about the quality and manufacturing of the brand’s products. Some of the pieces the designer makes include yoga shorts, boyshorts and men’s boxer briefs.

Along with the trunk show, you can shop the boutique’s winter clearance and peruse through the new spring arrivals while listening to the tunes of DJ MR PHX.

Not only will you get to enjoy scoping out the cheeky fashions, but you might be lucky and score some goodies to take home with the giveaways and raffles.

Join in on the fun on Saturday, February 15 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

For more information, you can reach them at 602-252-1323 or visit them before the event at 1437 N. 1st St. Phoenix, AZ 85004.

Close to 300 guests are expected to attend and listen to Winder discuss famous American poet and author, Sylvia Plath and her time as a guest editor in 1953 at Mademoiselle magazine. Winder will share her insights into Plath’s experiences in the New York fashion scene and receive sined copies of her book that will be available for purchase.

About Arizona Costume Institute Nouveau
The Nouveau Division of the Arizona Costume Institute is a professional group of fashion enthusiasts under the age of 35. The group’s objective is to raise awareness and membership of the Arizona Costume Institute through celebrating Phoenix Art Museum’s distinguished fashion collection. ACI Nouveau makes its presence known in the fashion community by holding monthly meetings, mixers and special events. The Nouveau division inspires fashion education while fostering camaraderie in a professional networking environment. For more information about the Nouveau division, visit http://arizonacostumeinstitute.com/ACI/Nouveau.html.

About Arizona Costume Institute
The Arizona Costume Institute was founded in 1966 to support Phoenix Art Museum’s Fashion Design Department in the acquisition and preservation of garments and accessories of historical and aesthetic significance. The Museum currently houses more than 5,000 objects of men’s, women’s and children’s dress and accessories dating from the late 17th century to the present. Each object considered for the collection is evaluated on its merit as a work of art, design, its place in the history of fashion and its condition. For more information about the Arizona Costume Institute, visit http://arizonacostumeinstitute.com/ACI/ACI.html.

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Lawless Denim & Co. to Open First Store at CityScape PhoenixArizona’s First and Only Denim Manufacturer Brings Custom, Handmade Jeans to Downtown

Lawless Denim & Co. will be the first and only denim manufacturer in the state of Arizona when it opens the doors of its first store at CityScape Phoenix on Oct. 12 offering 100 percent handmade, custom-fit jeans, denim clothing items and leather goods.

The 3,200-square-foot space will serve as both a retail location and a manufacturing shop that will feature reams of 25 different types of selvedge denim for customers to choose from in 10 different styles. With everything made by hand, the manufacturing area will have professional tailoring stations, vintage sewing machines (pictured below) used for stitching and cutting tables. Customers will be assisted by denim smiths and in-store designer Maya Vita to select sizing, denim type, cut, style, stitching color and button finishes. Each pair of custom jeans are priced around $245.

Lawless Denim & Co. products stay true to classic American denim manufacturing with brass hardware, vintage-sewn stitches and the highest quality American and Japanese selvedge denim. Selvedge denim is made in small batches on pre-WWII vintage looms, much like the ones Levi Strauss used when first making blue jeans in the 1870s. The limited release of each batch of selvedge denim ensures customers receive unique and specialized denim weight, color and texture. Lawless will also have ready-made jeans available for purchase that can be tailor fit and priced from $85 to $180.

“It’s all about keeping with tradition and bringing each customer a truly unique and custom-made pair of jeans that will easily become their favorite pair of jeans,” said Roman Acevedo, Phoenix resident and owner of Lawless Denim & Co. “You can’t get anything like this in Arizona. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, you’ll typically pay $400 for custom jeans. Our jeans are handmade to your body type with high-quality denim in classic styles that will never go out of style. The best part – you’re part of the design process.”

Other custom-made items at Lawless include denim jackets and leather goods such as belts, wallets, accessories and bags. Acevedo purchased a rare Italian belt cutter that will be the only one in Arizona.

In celebration of its grand opening week, Lawless is offering customers a custom-made pair of jeans for $175 from Oct.13 through Oct. 20. Also, men’s and women’s ready-made jeans in white oak raw selvedge denim will be on special for $107.

“Lawless Denim & Co. is a prime example of the entrepreneurial spirit taking place in downtown Phoenix. Roman is drawing attention to a great American tradition of denim manufacturing and its authentic connection to Arizona. Today’s consumers expect quality, craft and authenticity. Downtown is all about reinvention and Lawless embodies that,” said Jeff Moloznik, vice president of development at RED Development.

What’s your favorite thing about Downtown Phoenix? The culture. I’m from a smaller town in southern California and I didn’t expect it…but there is so much culture here, especially Native American and Latin.

What are your favorite places downtown? Even though I work there, I hang out at Jobot a lot. I really love Lawn Gnome; I go to a lot of the events there. I also go to Carly’s a lot because it’s open late.

What’s would you consider your style? Is thrifty a style? I’d say it changes up from day to day, but it ranges from indie to vintage with a lot of bohemian looks.

What are your favorite places to shop for fashion? I actually shop at Ross and T.J. Maxx a lot but also thrift stores. The boutique shops on 6th Street (GROWop, Cellar Door) are also some of my favorites.

Biking fashion tips? When I wear a short skirt, I wear bike shorts under it. When I wear a long skirt, I’ll tie it in a knot to keep it from getting stuck in the chain.

Biking Essentials: The bike is Skinny Benny, which I’d never heard of before but it has this kind of gangsta dollar sign on it that I’d like to cover. I’ve only had it about a month, but I’m going to add a water bottle holder and a lock mount. I also want to add drop bars because I got pretty addicted to them from my last bike.

What she’s wearing: I got the dress from Marshall’s. The boots, I think came from Khol’s. I got the bag at Buffalo Exchange. I love fringes. I got my rings from swap meets and street shows. Turquoise jewelry is my thing.

Favorite thing about DT Phoenix:
Is it dumb to say the American Way Market, because they have red cream soda? Because that’s kind of my favorite. I don’t care if it’s dumb, that’s my answer.

How do you get involved in the community?
I used to be more involved than I am now. Babies, while cute, are incredible time-takers. I organize events here and there (like the Arrested Development screening at Welcome Diner), and recently took on some of the zine publishing for Lawn Gnome Publishing. I have a few art shows coming up, including tinygallery.

What is tinygallery.?
tinygallery. is a series of wall-hanging microgalleries that will be in different venues around the city. As of now, there’s just one, which will be debuting its first show by Kristen Elfering at Welcome Diner in the coming weeks. It’s a means to create a more impactful environment for tiny pieces of art. Having had a childhood love affair with the Thorne miniature rooms at the Phoenix Art Museum, I wanted to have a place where people would be able to appreciate the precious nature of very small works of art.

Why are you car free?
I sold my car when I moved downtown, and I don’t really regret it. Downtown Phoenix has a walkability that’s getting better all the time. It makes being carless pretty easy. The only real inconvenience is grocery shopping, which is more of a post-baby issue than a trike issue. Honestly, living downtown, having a car seems like more of a hassle than not having a car.

Her ride:
When I was pregnant, I had my trike stolen while I was at work. Brandon (Huigens) needed a new bike too, so we went to see Derrick at Hood Ride. He had two matching red Columbia trikes from the early ’70s (if I remember correctly), so we bought them as a matching set. Not being used to riding three wheels, Brandon traded his in for a late ’50s Schwinn. I think even if I knew how to ride a regular bike, I’d still ride trike because of the basket. I can hold so much stuff! It also makes transporting art much, much easier.

Bike Trike essentials:
A GOOD SEAT. Seriously. I had this really awesome gel seat that was super comfortable…until it got hot outside. The gel seeped out of the seat in the heat and left black goo on every pair of jeans I owned at the time. My boyfriend (Huigens) bought me some bike streamers from MADE for Christmas, and genuinely and truly, they make my trike way more fun to ride. Highly recommended.

Biking Triking style:
I’m a fashion mutt. I like things that are sleek and laid back and frilly and trendy and vintage and handmade and old lady and fun and nerdy. I like bright colors. I’ve been really into vintage floral housedresses lately. I also really like dressing monochromatically. I wear a lot of stripes, polka dots, and argyle, and I usually wear short dresses over pants or tights. I love ridiculously impractical shoes and wearing tutus. You will never see me in shorts. You’re welcome for that.

Where do you like to shop for your clothes?
I don’t really shop. I mean, I guess I do, but I never go out with the intention of buying anything. I just kind of leave for the day and come home with clothes. In terms of actual shops though, I love Cellar Door Vintage, Grow, and all of the very pretty jewelry at MADE. Also, I recently discovered how excellent Ebay is for shopping without leaving the house (because I live in 1998, apparently).

Tips for riding chicly?
If you’re planning to wear a maxi skirt, tuck it under your butt, because getting stuck in your own gears is pretty much the biggest nerd move ever. I mean, I’ve never done it or anything, I’m just saying. OK, I’ve totally done it… More than once.

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